One of the duties of the English language teachers is trying to speak to children with a good pronunciation, so as to be better understood and to be an example of a good speaking way. A good pronunciation helps also to provide children an appealing Public Speech.
WHAT´S PHONETICS?
Phonetics is a discipline of linguistics that focuses on the study of the sounds used in speech.Phonetics is not concerned with the meaning of these sounds, the order in which they are placed, or any other factor outside of how they are produced and heard, and their various properties. Phonetics is closely related to phonology, which focuses on how sounds are understood in a given language, and semiotics, which looks at symbols themselves.
PHONETICS BRANCHES?
There are three major subfields of phonetics, each of which focuses on a particular aspect of the sounds used in speech and communication.
Auditory phonetics looks at how people perceive the sounds they hear, acoustic phonetics looks at the waves involved in speech sounds and how they are interpreted by the human ear, and articulatory phonetics looks at how sounds are produced by the human vocal apparatus. Articulatory phonetics is where the majority of people begin their study of phonetics, and it has uses for many people outside of the field of linguistics. These include speech therapists, computer speech synthesizers, and people who are simply interested in learning how they make the sounds they do.
SPECIALISTS IN PHONETICS?
A linguist who specializes in phonetics is known as a phonetician.
WHAT´S PHONOLOGY?
Phonology is the study of sounds and speech patterns in language. The root "phone" in phonology relates to sounds and originates from the Greek word phonema which means sound. Phonology seeks to discern the sounds made in all human languages. The identification of universal and non-universal qualities of sounds is a crucial component in phonology as all languages use syllables and forms of vowels and consonants.
ANY SPECIALISTS IN PHONETICS?
A linguist who specializes in phonology is known as a phonologist.
PHONETICS & PHONOLOGY COMPARISON:
PHONETICS
PHONOLOGY
It is the basis for phonological analysis.
It is the basis for further work in morphology, syntax, discourse, and orthography design.
Analyzes the production of all human speech sounds, regardless of language.
Analyzes the sound patterns of a particular language by
Determining which phonetic sounds are significant, and
Explaining how these sounds are interpreted by the native speaker.
INTERESTING DOCUMENTS & OTHER RESOURCES:
Alphatree:This is an example of resource that teachers can use due to practice the alphabet and the different sounds that each letter may have.
Domiphon:This is an example of resource teachers can use to allow children to practice matching rhyming sounds (beginning & ending consonants).
Children´s strategies:This document includes one teachers' experiences when children write, they try to use the sounds in words to figure out their spelling (children's spelling strategies).
Here you will find some pages I found on the Internet, they contain information, games and other useful resources due to improve your skills in phonetics.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/index.htm By entering this site kids can read or listen to stories and identify words that correctly complete sentences and also play different games (filling letters, words...)it is available in English and Spanish.
Here is a video tutorial to help you to learn all the English sounds, it´s always better to see (to hear in this case) something in practice than written.
PHONETICS & PHONOLOGY
One of the duties of the English language teachers is trying to speak to children with a good pronunciation, so as to be better understood and to be an example of a good speaking way. A good pronunciation helps also to provide children an appealing Public Speech.
WHAT´S PHONETICS?
Phonetics is a discipline of linguistics that focuses on the study of the sounds used in speech.Phonetics is not concerned with the meaning of these sounds, the order in which they are placed, or any other factor outside of how they are produced and heard, and their various properties. Phonetics is closely related to phonology, which focuses on how sounds are understood in a given language, and semiotics, which looks at symbols themselves.
PHONETICS BRANCHES?
There are three major subfields of phonetics, each of which focuses on a particular aspect of the sounds used in speech and communication.
Auditory phonetics looks at how people perceive the sounds they hear, acoustic phonetics looks at the waves involved in speech sounds and how they are interpreted by the human ear, and articulatory phonetics looks at how sounds are produced by the human vocal apparatus. Articulatory phonetics is where the majority of people begin their study of phonetics, and it has uses for many people outside of the field of linguistics. These include speech therapists, computer speech synthesizers, and people who are simply interested in learning how they make the sounds they do.
SPECIALISTS IN PHONETICS?
A linguist who specializes in phonetics is known as a phonetician.
WHAT´S PHONOLOGY?
Phonology is the study of sounds and speech patterns in language. The root "phone" in phonology relates to sounds and originates from the Greek word phonema which means sound. Phonology seeks to discern the sounds made in all human languages. The identification of universal and non-universal qualities of sounds is a crucial component in phonology as all languages use syllables and forms of vowels and consonants.
ANY SPECIALISTS IN PHONETICS?
A linguist who specializes in phonology is known as a phonologist.
PHONETICS & PHONOLOGY COMPARISON:
INTERESTING DOCUMENTS & OTHER RESOURCES:
Alphatree: This is an example of resource that teachers can use due to practice the alphabet and the different sounds that each letter may have.
Domiphon: This is an example of resource teachers can use to allow children to practice matching rhyming sounds (beginning & ending consonants).
Children´s strategies:This document includes one teachers' experiences when children write, they try to use the sounds in words to figure out their spelling (children's spelling strategies).
INTERESTING LINKS:
Here you will find some pages I found on the Internet, they contain information, games and other useful resources due to improve your skills in phonetics.
http://www.familylearning.org.uk/phonics_games.html
This site contains games for kids to practice phonetics, it can be useful for teachers to work on them and also develop the ITC´s management.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/index.htm
By entering this site kids can read or listen to stories and identify words that correctly complete sentences and also play different games (filling letters, words...) it is available in English and Spanish.
http://esl.about.com/od/speakingenglish/a/8wspatterns.htm
This web contents some practical information about the stressed pattern in English language.
VIDEO: IMPROVING YOUR PHONETIC SKILLS
Here is a video tutorial to help you to learn all the English sounds, it´s always better to see (to hear in this case) something in practice than written.
Other interesting videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJG0uErf8WY (Phonetic learning for Spanish students)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNNEVDe98oI&feature=relmfu (Confusing homophones: to, too & two)
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